The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 21, 1946
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
12:30 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 290
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 252.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -9.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.64° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.90° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.84° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.